Spelling correction: You can put the lesson on a USB stick and it will run on any Mac, PC or Linux box, because the code is Byte identical for all platforms
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Steve Thomas <sthom...@gosargon.com> wrote: > Alan, > > So to quote your namesake "*A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ > points."* > So let me see if I can change your perspective on Etoys. I just created a > simple lesson in Etoys such as you described in about 10-15 minutes, most > of that time was spent trying to find a good open source image of the eye > (I used the one from WIkipedia which you may want to look at if you would > like to take the Quiz I just developed). > > Here is the You Tube video of why Etoys rocks and > how<http://youtu.be/mqbnJG1dgkA> > > > I created the quiz with 5 "lines of code" an image, a holder and two text > objects. You can put the lesson on a USB stuck and it will run on any Mac, > PC and Linux, because the code is Byte identical for all platforms. No > libraries to load or special drivers needed. > > Now of course perhaps this could be done quicker or more cost effectively > in python :D > > Cheers, > Stephen > > Below is a more full quote from Alan on IQ: > > Q - What if you had an "IQ" of 500, but were born in 10,000 BC. You would > not be able to make a lot of progress. For example, Leonardo was very smart > but couldn't come up with the engines his vehicle designs needed in order > to work -- he was born in the wrong century for what he wanted to do. > > Knowledge - On the other hand, Henry Ford was not nearly as smart as > Leonardo, but was born at a very good time and in a good place, so he was > able to combine engineering and production inventions to make millions of > inexpensive automobiles. > > Outlook - what made Henry Ford powerful (and most other things today) was > an enormous change in Outlook (you called it a paradigm shift) which we can > symbolize by invoking Newton. > > "Knowledge is Silver, but Outlook is Gold" (IQ is Lead ... because most > worthwhile problems we want to work on and solve are beyond mere IQ) > > In other words, most human cultures accumulate and use a lot of knowledge > (this is what a culture is all about) that is used to survive, to > accommodate to the environment and even sometimes thrive. But the knowledge > of a traditional society is very different from that of a feudal society > which in turn is very different from a technological scientifically based > society. > > The bug most people have about schools (including many who set up schools) > is the idea that they are there to teach knowledge. (Not a bad secondary > goal, but it's a very bad idea for it to be the main goal.) Montessori was > an early voice who pointed out that the main purpose of schooling > (especially early schooling) was to help students learn and deeply > internalize the most powerful outlooks that have been discovered/invented > by humans. She observed that otherwise children wind up living in the 20th > century but with a 10th century (or much earlier) outlook ... > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn < > alan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm not sure why, but I not like much Etoys (with all my respect to my >> namesake Alan Kay :-) >> >> I prefer a pure-python activity. For example, a first activity could be: >> "I know the Eye" and use a >> similar image to this: (search: eye anatomy) >> >> External: (muscleds, etc) >> >> >> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-x4oGiQWiUA/TMP2dRqClBI/AAAAAAAAAGY/PuehgCY8WJM/s1600/eye+anatomy+2.jpg >> >> And internal: >> >> http://www.floridaeyeclinic.com/images/aao-G04-large.jpg >> >> The first problem is obtain a good image (CC creative commons or similiar >> free license). >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:31:15 -0500 >> From: sthom...@gosargon.com >> To: andry...@gmail.com >> CC: olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org; alan...@hotmail.com; >> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org >> Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-open] Healthcare - Potential Opportunity >> >> >> Alan, >> >> If you have the materials (images, test, knowledge, etc.) I would be >> happy to work with you to create some materials in Etoys that could help >> educate folks about the eye and more importantly detect vision problems and >> provide suggestions and resources on how to deal with them. If you send me >> some materials I can put something together in Etoys fairly quickly. It >> would be available to all OLPC XO's and because its Etoys, it can also run >> on Windows, Mac and Linux (with no code changes). If it works for both of >> us, we could put together some quick prototypes to help build a "more >> robust case". >> >> Stephen >> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >> > From: andry...@gmail.com >> > To: olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org >> > Subject: [Olpc-open] Healthcare - Potential Opportunity >> > >> > Hello, I'm new to this venue but am looking to contribute and/or >> determine >> > if I might have some material that would benefit the community. I work >> for >> > a healthcare company that specializes in vision and was wondering if >> there >> > was any need for material on healthy vision or perhaps an interactive >> eye >> > model to teach children about the different parts of the eye. It could >> be >> > anything in this realm really - the sky is the limit. >> > >> > My company is constantly looking for ways to give back and if there was >> some >> > interest in this I'd look to build a more robust case and inquire more >> > deeply into whether the company would be willing to put some resources >> > behind this. >> > >> > Is there anyone on this distribution list that would be able to point >> me in >> > the right direction? >> >> >> I would suggest taking a look at the accumulated notes and links on these >> pages. >> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Vision_screening >> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Visual_Acuity >> >> cjl >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education >> Project (not a laptop project!) 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